Daily365 #005 Jesus Loves Me Cause I’m Better Than You

I can recall so many times in my life where I would compare myself with others who were “bad” and pat myself on the back for being a good little christian.  I thought I was better, or that God loved me more because i didn’t sin as often, or as badly as others.  In hindsight I realize what an arrogant, self righteous jerk I really was. 

It’s difficult to put a finger on self righteousness when you’re right in the middle of it. Mainly because it’s not something you typically verbalize.  These subconscious thoughts we’re not aware of have a way of creeping into our minds, tainting our perspective.  Instead of reaching out to people, we look down our noses in contempt and judge them.  We keep our distance out of fear that someone might see us with a “bad” person and get the wrong idea. 

May God break us of the self righteousness that keeps us thinking we’re better than everyone else, and may we realize how broken and in need of Jesus we really are.